HTC Sensation Special Edition 2 brings Beats, faster processor, a new battery and more

0.phoneArena
31 Aug 2011, 22:02posted on

The HTC Sensation Special Edition 2 adds Beats by Dr. Dre Technology, a 1.5GHz Qualcomm single-core processor, a 1730mAh battery and more; the Special Edition appears headed for a UK launch considering the price is listed as 520GBP ($860USD)...

7.myLITTLEpony (unregistered)

if you care about speed you wouldn't be looking at any of those phones especially the HTC phones as they all used that slow and LAGGY adreno gpu. FAILED in my eyes and good looking PLEASE gs2 beats these phones in every way possible.

14.thatoneguy... (unregistered)

Good i swear you sgs2 fanboys are becoming worse than apple fanboys. Have you ever thought that maybe we just dont want the gs2 hard to imagine right but i rather get my updates on time unlike you guys who would probably get ics this time next year also i want a phone that feels like a phone not some cheap plasticity toy

22.myLITTLEpony (unregistered)

8.thatoneguy... (unregistered)

haha you know what i realized if you combine all three of them the power and speed of the evo 3d and the look and feel of the sensation top it of with the camera of the my touch 4g slide that would be one kick ass phone

5.myLITTLEpony (unregistered)

POS failed phone no way can it stand in the shadows of the gs2 or nexus prime. Please sit back down sensation along with your weakA$$ adreno gpu. All the sensation can do smoothly is LAG. OMG and that price tag lol...

36.Mario1017 (unregistered)

40.myLITTLEpony (unregistered)

what...? where did you get that info? Link? prove it MARIO if not that STFU. For your information the evo 3d run the 8660 with adreno 220 and that phone has been beaten in both benchmark scores and real life testing like opening apps, playing games, and browsing. Just look at any vs video between the evo 3d and SGS2. OMG another moron putting crap up maybe you should know your info MARIO!

wow myLITTLEpony.. chill the fuck out. everyone has their preference some people like htc some dont.. if your a die hard galaxy fan than cool but that doesnt make everyone else an idiot.. it terms of needs let everyone else figure out what they want and stop flaming..

in terms of the phones sgs2 was going to be my first choice.. now i cant get that as it wont be for verizon.. the prime might be but not sure if thats what im going to want.. so the htc vigor will be my next choice trumping the clockspeed anyway at 1.5ghz DC sgs2 has 1.2ghz DC I like htc Sense and htc did something sammy didnt.. I love that while driving i can answer my phone and still see my gps with very few issues. with every other brand i need to answer the call press home pull down notifications and then select nav. and then it lags...

The review model of the gs2 i got lagged pretty hard when i was trying to drive and talk at the same time. or if it was getting ready to use gps and do anything else for that matter.

So anyway in terms of your opinions keep them objective and stop fucking flaming.

92.myLITTLEpony (unregistered)

well in the end I had to agree with FATEXO that the HTC Sensation is HELLA better. But for your info there's no confirmation that the nexus is coming to Verizon and maybe you just have to learn to use a smartphone right. It nice and easy not some jab and dab because if you do any phone will lag.

uh actually it really is the worst behind the Tegra II, OMAP & Exynos chip sets and i assure you i do my research.

CPU: the Qualcomm MSM8660 or S3 uses dual Scorpion cores which is based off of ARM-Cortex A8 technology which translates to inferior performance compared to the A9 architecture that all of the others use.

GPU: while the Adreno 220 is no slouch by any means in comparison to the OMAP's and even the Hummingbird's PowerVR SGX530 even being older GPU still out performs Adreno.

you sound like remixfa now. xD
that's the case when you're getting something like an Otterbox case.
i prefer something that's not bulky, i'd even take a nice skin on my Droid 3.
it always matters how well a phone is built. i'd rather have something that feels nice and sturdy in a case than plastic in more plastic. i can't wait to feel a Galaxy S II though because it looks like it does feel nice with it's textured back.

12.myLITTLEpony (unregistered)

why please tell me why a SGS2 owner would be jealous. SGS2 run a bigger better screen, bigger battery, 3x the amount of free space and that's built in, better soc and a gpu that would run circles with the specs these phone have. Also the SGS2 is about to get the LTE version that even faster so please FATEXO tell me Y.

i love both phones but quad core phones in january february, will kick gs2's ass. you seem like a samsung fanboy. calm the phuck down. btw gs2 has the amazing samled+ but it also has a s**t average resolution.

19.myLITTLEpony (unregistered)

yeah but that the future and this is now, besides by January samsung will introduce the SGS3 and that would run circles with your quad core aka kal-el phones. Also sammy's got the HD screen coming up as well so...

as far as the screen goes.. both are 4.3inch n sensation has got a qHD and a 16:9 screen ratio with SLCD
now SGS2 has WVGA of 5:3 raio with SAMOLED+..
while some may like the SAMOLED+ but Sensation's screen is a win for me.. and i know how much time the SGS takes to load a simple stock messaging app.. even getting a "loading" popup while pressing 'menu' in the camera app is your DUAL CORE POWER..??

im not saying i hate the sgs2 its a really good phone but i dont like the screen i know the biggest sailing point to the phone is its screen but it looks way over saturated to me i prefer just amoled screen like the one on the nexus one but for some reason every body stopped using that kinda of screen so the next best thing is SLCD. Also the phone felt cheap and thats the one thing i cant tolerate

55.Samk122832 (unregistered)

Wow way too many phone wars going on. It all comes down to personal preference. I remember back in the days when cell phones were just about talk and text. Believe it or not i still have a flip phone that does only talk and text and im fine with it. I pay only $30 a month for service and couldn't be more happy.

Its people like you guys on here that want the latest and greatest that allows these wireless company to jack up the price of their service. So if your paying at about $100 a month on service i wouldn't be surprised if your one of those people that are glued to your phone.

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